Deal speeding up environmental reviews attracts criticism from Mi’kmaq rights and conservation groups [video] Potential federal reliance on provincial assessments raises concerns about weaker oversight, reduced Indigenous consultation By @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social nbmediacoop.org/2025/12/19/d...

Danielle Smith's efforts to marginalize and restrict access to the COVID-19 vaccine have paid off: a mere 6.8% of the province got their shots this year, down from last year's already embarrassing rate of 14%.

NEW: Big Business Is Pushing Mark Carney For More Handouts “We have been promised for decades that handouts to business are going to get us more and better jobs.” www.readthemaple.com/big-business...

When a company names itself after a mythical foreboding object — take it as a warning. Peter Thiel’s Palantir borrowed its name from The Lord of the Rings, and two decades later, it’s living up to the metaphor. New from @terraloire.bsky.social: ricochet.media/labour/billi... #BigTech #LotR

Venezuela is being dehumanized through a narrative that falsely portrays the country as a hub of global threats. This rhetoric is used to justify intervention and violence against Venezuelans, undermining the country's sovereignty and self-determination.

With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country. It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay. @richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth: ricochet.media/climate/the-... #Alberta

According to @policyalternatives.ca , 34% of non-school-aged children in #NovaScotia live in a child-care desert, while 36% live in an area with “inadequate coverage.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Director of @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social, @csaulnier.bsky.social, says the revenue loss creates a risk that the growing deficit will be used to justify austerity measures in the upcoming budget, [as] many Nova Scotians struggle to meet their basic living costs. www.1015thehawk.com/2025/12/19/c...

You can ask basically anyone doing investigative journalism in Alberta at this point and hear a story like this. Getting any information out of the government as a journalist here is becoming very difficult.

If you 'enjoyed' our recent two podcasts about the ANDP-Leap conflict and the federal NDP's leadership race, you're going to 'love' digging into the federal party's just-released 2025 campaign post-mortem.

In 2025, we got a new government, Trump’s tariff wars, a continuing genocide in Gaza, and some small, hard-won victories for the Left. El Jones joins @desmondcole.bsky.social and Martin Lukacs to reflect on one year in Canadian politics and social movements.

Pendant la période du 20 décembre au 12 janvier, notre équipe fait une pause et ne publiera pas de nouvelles informations. Mais nous partagerons avec vous les articles qui ont marqué l'année, mois par mois, pour vous replonger dans les sujets qui ont compté. Rendez-vous lundi!

The time has come: You must decide who takes the crown of Worst Person in Tech 2025! Then tune in tonight as I announce the winner on our year-end livestream for Patreon supporters. Support the show to join: patreon.com/techwontsaveus

On a new episode of @broadbent.bsky.social 's 🌅PERSPECTIVES🌅 host Dave McGrane introduces pioneer of Canadian prairie socialism E.A. Partridge, a radical farmer who organized Saskatchewan grain growers in the face of rampant price fixing. perspectivesjournal.ca/ea-partridge/ 🔶

🛠️Bon moment pour lire notre No 106 « Épicerie. Faim de justice. ». Sommaire : www.ababord.org/Sommaire-du-... Présentation du dossier : www.ababord.org/Epiceries-Fa...

On a new episode of 🐙THE NORTH STATE 🐙 @youcaughtscott.com sits down with @pressprogress.ca Ontario investigative reporter @ericwickham.ca to talk about 2025 and the year the was while answering listener questions. readthecatch.ca/the-north-st... 🔶

We also took a moment to look back on more than a decade of Ricochet’s journalism: ricochet.media/media/a-deca... #Ricochet2025

No industry actor wants to field the capital to build a new pipeline. Why is the federal government pretending it's a viable option? By @marclee.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli #cdnecon #climatecrisis www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Left your holiday shopping until the last minute? Don't panic, we've got a list of Toronto's best last-minute shops.

NEW: Our dispatch on the federal government's decision not to include any names on the "Memorial to the Victims of Communism." Experts have warned for years that a list of names submitted for commemoration included Nazi collaborators. www.readthemaple.com/controversia...

The reality of what daycare in #Saskatchewan looks like right now. @policyalternatives.ca senior researcher @simonenoch.bsky.social weighs in: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

New from me: The private sector is not going to solve the housing crisis

Canada Needs More Non-Market Housing to Address Housing Insecurity, Experts Say The Federal Housing Advocate’s new report reaffirms what housing advocates have been pushing for years pressprogress.ca/canada-needs...

On 🏝️@srslywrong.bsky.social 🏝️ ep355 listeners will discover that things are rather rough in the Fatherson society lately, but maybe a good ol’ game of Papaball can help set things right? Find out at srslywrong.com/podcast/355-... 🔶

This was a rough year for Danielle Smith’s UCP. But with all that’s happened, the next could be even rougher. pressprogress.ca/danielle-smi...

Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference Sikh community calls for “accountability and transparency” as federal government looks to restart relationship with India pressprogress.ca/sikh-federat...

The Madhu Centre has started a letter campaign for Baraa and other Palestinian students who are stuck in Gaza, awaiting a study permit that may never be issued. Baraa deserves an education. It’s a universal right. Act now: actionnetwork.org/.../canada-m.... Spread this far, spread this wide.

Inflation may be holding at 2%, but food and rent costs in Canada are up. Since last year, beef prices have increased by 20% and coffee by 30%. Rent increases are double the rate of #inflation. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social breaks it down: @policyalternatives.ca www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...

ICYMI: In a study released in May, @ccpa-on.bsky.social reported that school boards [in #Ontario] are receiving effectively $260 less in funding per student compared to 2018, when adjusted for inflation and enrolment numbers. #OntEd www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...

Netflix made a bold promise that streaming would be cheaper and better than what existed before. It broke that promise to cash in on its audience. If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.

Just got this from the Canadian government: “While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.” Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!! Where is the backbone????

Here's our guide to the many United Conservative MLAs facing recall, and why their constituents across Alberta say they want them gone: pressprogress.ca/ucp-mlas-fac...

NEW: Former UN ambassador Bob Rae said he had his “wings clipped” for posting a tweet defending ICC judges in the face of sanctions imposed by the USA. Records show a Canadian diplomat based in Washington contacted Rae minutes after he posted the tweet. www.readthemaple.com/bob-rae-had-...

The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future. The former UN #climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with #Alberta. New from @richardbrooks.bsky.social: ricochet.media/climate/the-... #cdnpoli

As the year ends, let's look back on the groundbreaking work our team has accomplished - none of which would be possible without the support of our amazing Ricochet community. ⬇️

Don’t miss the opportunity to cast your ballot for Worst Person in Tech! Will Elon Musk and Peter Thiel find themselves facing off again this year, so will another asshole move into the top spot? You will decide.

Such a good article in Maisonneuve on how Canada Post is being dismantled, management is rolling out tech to try to emulate Amazon, and what Canadians collectively lose if they’re successful in gutting this public institution.

« L’ingérence du SPAL dans l’enquête du BEI s’ajoute à une montagne de violations commises par des corps de police au Québec relativement à leurs obligations légales et réglementaires depuis l’entrée en activité du BEI en 2016, en toute impunité. »

From @breachmedia.ca: 15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about. From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...

Ending the year on a good note at @breachmedia.ca: 15 political movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about but should definitely celebrate, by @scottneigh.bsky.social breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...

The Canadian Anti-Hate Network's statement on Caryma Sa'd, a person @jessebrown.bsky.social gives “special thanks” to in the credits of episode 4 & 5 of his series on antisemitism, “Sa’d engaged in anti-Jewish harassment.” www.antihate.ca/statement_on...

Huh, Canadaland’s special source for its latest podcast series was also apparently present at a Rebel Media “team training” session this week:

"Public reporting was a major commitment in Smith's pledge to fix the health system, but Wylie's report says the reports that stemmed from that pledge were inconsistent and didn't always follow up on promised metrics."

I’ve been on vacation and watched Poilievre’s press gallery dinner speech after listening to this podcast Not only does Poilievre make weird personal “jokes” about individual journalists, it’s batshit anyone at a press gallery dinner would laugh at or applaud homophobic / anti-Palestinian jokes

OPINION | « Nous sommes passé·es d’un moment où des étudiant·es de l'Université Sir George Williams risquaient la déportation pour dénoncer le racisme à un moment où leurs semblables siègent désormais à tous les niveaux de gouvernance, sans que la personne chargée

Playing at The Great Hall this weekend, "Big Gay Musical" is a campy, queer romp through Broadway classics like "Chicago" and "Wicked." “It’s a night of pure, unadulterated queer joy," co-creator Lauren Beatty tells The Grind.

Industrial transformation and renewal is essential if Canada wants to weather Trump’s economic warfare—but we cannot afford to be so haphazard with public funds. By @marclee.bsky.social and Stuart Trew @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

SCOOP: Simon Fraser University insists that its new medical school, the first to open in Western Canada in 55 years, is so new and different that its collective agreement with the SFU Faculty Association doesn't apply. Read more @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...

What would it mean to build a city for kids? Robin Whitaker interviews St. John’s active transportation advocate Ryan Green 🚴‍♂️ Read our latest in 'Making Connections' 👇

Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school. SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply. pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...